National Republican., 1887-02-28
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1919 T.

mortality, however much we may have
screwed our courage up, we want something
more than natural resources. When the north.
east wind blows off from the sea of death. 1t
win put out all earthly lights The lamp of
the Gospel, God.lighted, Is the only lamp that
can stand in that, blast. The weakest
arm holding that shall not be confounded; the
strongest one rejecting, that shall stumble
and die. When the Jordan rises in Its wrath,
the first dash Of its wave will swamp them for.
tempt this life without religion. We see what
a. doleful thing 1t is for man to go down into
the misfortunes of life without Christian solace;
when that man comes face to face with
If in the bright sunshine Of health
snS how will f hs esi a wSsa Rsss the
shadows of the last hour gather above his
pillow2 IT. in the warmth OF worldly pros.
he ieei when the last chill cresps over him.
IT. while things were comparatively smooth.
he was dis9!nietsd, what ,,I YIN he do in the
gne OF bcS In sae of
what will he do amid the swelling of JordanP'
oh, rejoice to know that so many of Gods
children have gone through that pass without
tian: isn't \ hard for you to get out Of this
4 is blessed dying, 1t is glorious dying" and
said 1.-THE last two hours in which have been
dying, have had more 10y than all the years
OF my life" A general came into the hospital
@ wounded, and there was was one me- man dying, and
the general said. "Ah, my dear fellow, you
seem very much wounded. am afraid you
are a1.sa not going to get well NS said the
very happy" Oh. have seen them, and 50
have you, go out Of this life without a tear on
their cheek There was weeping all round the
Ssas 0i INTO issz dSzlnes ssi0 aSs 'h!s%e %sre
aroSnd ea anShe %S swsns ao aSS TPg
washed them off from the cares and tolls Of
life; 1t washed them on toward the beach OF
heaven. They waved to us a farewell kiss as
they stood on deck, and hoated down further
and further, waited by-gales from heaven, un-
til they were lost TO our sight-mortality hay
ing become Immortality
"Iifes duty done, as sinks the clay.
Light from Its load the spirit tiies;
While heaven ana earth combine to say.
How blest the righteous when he dies"
What high consolation to you that your
departed friends were not submerged In the
as thoroughly alive on the western banks OF
the Jordan, as they had been on the eastern
banks of the Jordan: and our departed Chris
not dead, not exhausted, not extinguished,
not blotted out but with healthier respira.
tion and stouter pulses, and keener eye.
sins, their ply ysicai and mental disauiet. ali
left clear this side, an eternally- flowing, i'm.
passable obstacle between them and all hu.
man and SATANIC pursuit, Crossed over on,
bereayed In the consideration that our de-
parted Christian friends a:e safe?
Why was there years ago so much Joy In
certain circles in New York when people heard
from their friends who were on board the City
Of Brussels IL was thought that vessel had
gone TO the bottom of the sea; and when the
friends on this side heard that the steamer had
arrived safely In Liverpool, had we not the
light TO congratulate the people In New York
that their friends had got safely acrossf And
is 1t not right this morning that congratulate
you that your departed friends are safe on the
shore of heaven7 Would you have them back
again2 Would you have those old parents back
for them to get their breath In the stifled at
mOspheIe Of the summer: would you have
them back In this summer? Didn't they use
s s1nR 0Gs scs nSgsh Sg S1d % You have have
them take the risk of temptations which
throng every human pathway Would you
he nc rSss M hee IN sa
to greet you now, and then cross back after
wardH for certainly you would not want 70
keep them forever out of heaven. Ifthey hal
lived forty or fifty years longer, would they
have been safer Perhaps so; perhaps not.
PauEe and weep, not for the freed from pain,
but that the sigh of love would pull them back
again.
/ ask question and there seems TO come
back the answer in heavenly, echo, "What
-agaIn," what will you never be tired
again % "Neyer-tired-aga "Whatl
viii you never weep again2" Neyer-weep-
'Never-die-again." Oh, ye army OF de-
parted kindred, we hail You from bank to |
bank Wait for US when the Jordan OF death |
shall part for US. Come down and meet us |
halfway between the widowed banks of earth |
and the palm groves Of heaven.
on Jordan's stormy banks stand.
And cast a wistful eye
To Canann's fair and happy land,
Where my possessionslie,